Nelson Mandela- Conversations with Myself
“I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other….
The trouble, of course is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity.
There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.
What a sweet euphemism for self praise the English Language has evolved! Autobiography….”
they choose to call it,
where the shortcomings of others are frequently exploited to highlight the praiseworthy accomplishments of the author
